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Forty years ago, scientists and doctors recorded only 4 or 5 cases of autistic disorder per 10 thousand children. Since then, the figures have grown rapidly, and in 2018, this condition was diagnosed in every 59th child. But what is autism? Are people with this disorder doomed to loneliness, or are they geniuses with a unique mindset? And what happens in their brains?

In this book, science journalist Steve Silberman tells the story of autism, amazing facts from the lives of the Rain People and their fantastic achievements. The author describes hundreds of stories about children and adults with autism so that the community finally stops discriminating and joins the new movement for neurodiversity.

Steve Silberman is an American journalist who has been writing on science topics for Wired magazine for over twenty years. His articles have been published in the New York Times, New Yorker, Financial Times, Boston Globe, and other resources.

Silberman reviews the history of autism treatment from the horrific parental blame game to the modern movement for positive neurodiversity. If you are interested in psychology, this book is for you.

Temple Grandin, author of Thinking in Pictures and The Autistic Mind

«What Autism Hides» — is a wide-ranging and profound story told with extraordinary compassion and sensitivity. This fascinating book will change the way you think about autism.

Oliver Sacks, neuroscientist, author of The Awakening and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat